HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Luminant Mining Company LLC
Start: 10/04/2019

220192910007 · 10/04/2019 · Luminant Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ANKLE
Days lost: 180
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Vistra Energy
Operator: Luminant Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4104586

Narrative

Installing Reeving Ropes on dragline drag drum. Reeving rope secured to pro-locks on drum and was being lowered by crane from above via nylon rigging. Pace of drum rotation became greater that pace limit of crane causing nylon rigging to break and reeving rope to fall awkwardly below striking employee at right shoulder and left ankle.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown